Effect of mandibular and tongue protrusion on upper airway size during wakefulness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1748-1754

  Ferguson, Kathleen A ^a   Love, Leslie L ^a   Ryan, C Francis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MANDIBLE; OROPHARYNX; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONGUE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030949916     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154887     Document Type: Article

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